Summer Opportunities

Summer Programs Available for 2017

Summer is a great time to be in Boston, and Wentworth is a great place to explore an interest in design and fabrication! For more information, please go to http://legacy.wit.edu/summerfab/

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Scholarship and standard applications are currently open up for Camp Cardiac Baltimore 2017!
Camp Cardiac & Camp Neuro, run by medical students in over 30 cities nationwide, are 1-week summer day camps open to high school students interested in exploring careers in medicine.
Students may learn more and apply by visiting http://www.campcardiac.org.
In addition, you may download a PDF flyer by clicking here.

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Have you ever dreamed of becoming a scientist? Make that dream a reality this summer at Duke Summer College! Whether you want to study black holes or the human genome, we have a course for you. See the list below for just a few examples of Duke classes we are offering this summer:

Love and Hate Between Humans and Micro-Organisms

The 3-D Genome and Human Disease

Mathematics of the Universe

Sensory Biology: Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch, Sound and Beyond

Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology

The Ecology of Urban Environments

Introductory Seminar on Big Questions in Physics

The Hard Truth of Evolution

Microbes and Our World

With topics ranging from Twitter to Nietzsche and everything in between, we have a course for you. See the list below to check out just a few of the Duke classes we are offering this summer:

Introductory Psychology

Gender, Work and Organization

Race, Power and Identity: From (Muhammad) Ali to (Colin) Kaepernick

Language and Social Identity

Contagion in Culture and Society

Drugs, Theory & Culture

Finance Fictions

Language and the Media: The New York Times to Twitter

Classics of American Literature, 1915-1960

Social Psychology

Adolescence

Introduction to Philosophy

Game Theory

Logic

Existentialism

Public Speaking

From sports to economics and race to gender,Duke Summer College is offering a host of captivating courses that study society’s most pressing issues. See the list below for just a few examples of Duke classes we are offering this summer:
Advertising and Society: A Global Perspective

The Global Leader – Develop leadership skills and put them into practice as you learn about world diplomacy.The Global Entrepreneur – Improve your skills in problem solving, risk analysis, creativity, ingenuity, and teamwork to become a cutting-edge innovator.The Global Incubator – Take your idea to the next level and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality.The Global Giver – Give back by learning about philanthropy from the ground up, and earn 60 hours community service hours.The Global Researcher – Learn about biomedical engineering research and experience a real Duke laboratory.

For a full list of the classes we are offering this summer, click here.

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Rutgers University–New Brunswick is excited to announce an opportunity for students interested in engineering. The Rutgers School of Engineering is offering the chance for students to participate in a new Pre-Engineering Summer Academy to develop their knowledge and skills through real-world field experiences.

This intensive one-week certificate program will introduce students to a variety of engineering areas including:

Spending part of the summer in an academic program is an important commitment to your students's future, especially if they are looking at summer programs that offer college credit. There are several ways to get college credit over the summer while still in high school, but there are some things to consider before jumping in. Take a further look and see a list of several programs throughout the country in various fields that your student may enjoy!

Our three week Pre-College Summer Intensive residency program is an opportunity for high school students to immerse themselves in: portfolio development, sequential drawing and comics, filmmaking, photography, fashion, mixed-media, graphic design, or theatre – at the #1 ranked public university arts and design program.

This eye-opening program will allow students to explore their interests, learn valuable skills, test out a potential college major, prepare for the college application process, make new friends, and have more than a little fun.